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Protecting Your Child From Burns: Home Safety Check

Learn steps you can take to make your home safe, and what do if your child gets burned.

Celebrating our NICU Family Support® Program

September is NICU Awareness Month, a time to recognize our NICU families...

Recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States and a major public health problem.

Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Newest Staff Member

Stony Brook Children’s has a new interactive robot for patients.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Reese’s Story

Reese was playing in a soccer game. He remembers that the whole game was a little rough.

Preventing Hot Car Death

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn of the dangers of children in hot cars.

In the News

NY baby screenings add test for virus causing deafness

Starting Monday, newborns in New York will be screened for congenital cytomegalovirus — a virus that can cause deafness or other health complications for babies with the affliction.
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NewsDay - 10/2/23

SBCH Is Leading a Pilot Program To Help NY Add CMV to the Required Newborn Screening Program

NYS plans to test newborns for CMV, a virus that can damage hearing, affect learning

Starting later this month or early next month, all children born in New York state will receive testing for congenital cytomegalovirus...
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TBR - 9/16/23

Suffolk police: Child found dead in Smithtown left unattended in hot vehicle for 8 hours

Police say a toddler died after being left unattended in a hot car for approximately eight hours in Smithtown.
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News12 - 8/1/23

Stony Brook Children's Hospital serving patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and their families

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, also known as DMD, is a medical diagnosis that affects about one in every 5,000 boys.
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CBS News - 7/7/23

Measles protection is paramount before traveling outside the US, says CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns travelers to protect themselves against measles before heading out to visit other countries...
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Fox News - 7/4/23

How to remove a tick: A nurse has answers after 5,500 hotline calls

I get calls anywhere from, "I've just been bitten by a tick" to, "I've been sick for 10 years and seen four doctors."
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Newsday - 6/26/23

Commack students host program to prevent distracted, reckless driving

A group of Commack students showed their peers how to steer clear of distracted and reckless driving Wednesday during a safe driving program.
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News12 - 5/31/23

Teens with irregular sleep patterns found to have higher risk of school problems

A new study to be presented at SLEEP 2023 found that teens with greater variability in their sleep patterns have a higher risk for school-related problems.
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Medical Press - 5/30/23

5 Causes of Heart Failure in Young People, According to Experts

Heart failure—a chronic condition where the heart becomes unable to sufficiently pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs…—can occur in people of all ages, even children.
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Sky News - 6/8/23

Diagnosing Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Determining whether your child has juvenile idiopathic arthritis can be tricky because there’s no single JIA test. Here’s how your child’s doctors can reach a consensus.
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Health Central- 5/17/23

Kids Korner: May 11 to May 18

Long Island Explorium, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson hosts a Teddy Bear Clinic on May 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Don’t miss this unique workshop with special guests from Stony Brook University.
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News12 - 5/3/23

Brookhaven second grader makes get well cards for kids at Stony Brook Children's Hospital

A 7-year-old Brookhaven boy spent his Wednesday delivering get well cards to young patients battling life-threatening illnesses...
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News12 - 5/3/23

Here’s How Much Protein You Need in a Day to Build Muscle

“Protein is the building block for muscles,” says Dr. Anupama Chawla, the director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.
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Healthline - 4/18/23

This is the safest way to sleep with your baby

“We’re doing a better job at identifying what the causes are,” says Susan Katz, a nurse practitioner and the infant apnea program coordinator at Stony Brook Medicine in New York
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Popular Science - 4/14/23

Kindergartners show off their caregiving skills

Kindergartners at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School participated in a teddy bear clinic with representatives from Stony Brook University Trauma Center
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Amityville Record - 4/13/23

6 tips to help you and your family avoid sports injuries

According to orthopedic surgeon James Penna, the biggest problem right now is that many children and teens are not taking time off from their sports activities.
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News 12 - 4/6/23

What’s making kids at a New York high school sick?

An unusual number of sick calls came in last Friday for students at Babylon Junior-Senior High School.
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PIX 11- 3/23/23

Doctors address long COVID, vaccines, newborns

“The great majority of young children who contract COVID do quite well and recover fully,” Dr. Susan Walker, pediatrician with Stony Brook Children’s, explained.
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Times Beacon Record - 2/23/23

Neonatal telehealth program to expand consultations to other hospitals

A $630,640 state grant awarded to Stony Brook Medicine to establish a neonatal telehealth consultation program “will increase the support for maternal and child health”…
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Newsday - 2/17/23

CDC: Close to a third of kids lag at getting daily fruits, veggies

“I believe most parents have a general understanding that fruits and vegetables are healthy, but they tend to lose track of what their children are eating,”
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Newsday - 2/16/23

3 ways to prevent parental burnout

“News12 interviews Stony Brook University Professor Dr. Kristin Bernard and Stony Brook Medicine’s Dr. Wilfred Farquharson about how parents can prevent burnout with family and career...
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News 12 - 2/15/23

AAP releases new clinical guidelines for childhood obesity

(AAP) released new clinical practice guidelines focusing on the treatment of childhood obesity, for the first time in 15 years.
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CheckUp- 1/24/23

1st certified Duchenne care center on LI opens at Stony Brook Children's

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, also known as DMD, is a genetic disorder that weakens skeletal and heart muscles causing cardiac and respiratory issues.
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News 12 - 1/10/23

Rare Accreditation Is Big News In War On Duchenne MD

Stony Brook Children’s has become a frontline fortress in the war against muscular dystrophy. Their Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Comprehensive Care Center has earned Certified Duchenne Care Center accreditation…
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News 12 - 1/10/23

Doctors urge parents to keep marijuana products away from children

Dr. Carl Kaplan, chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook Children’s, said with an increase of marijuana products in people’s homes, parents and caregivers have to take steps to keep them away from children.
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News 12 - 1/4/23

1,375% spike in exposures to edible cannabis in kids under 6

“Kids don’t tend to ingest pills because they don’t taste good, but they will certainly go for a product that looks just like a chocolate bar or a gummy bear,” said Dr. Carl Kaplan, Stony Brook Children’s
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WCBS-TV - 1/4/23